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Description
| Manufacturer: | Martin | |
| Base model: | PBM | |
| Designation: | PBM | |
| Version: | -5A | |
| Nickname: | Mariner | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | |
| Modified Mission: | Land-based | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
PBM-5A on display
Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| T.N.THOMPSON jacksonville, FL | MY PILOTS LOG BOOK SHOWS[6-1950=8-1951]FLIGHTS IN BUNOS 122069;122071;122076;122078;122079;122080;122081;122083;122085;MOST TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS WHERE WATER TO WATER.THE BEST THING ABOUT THE 'A' WAS THE REVERSE-PROP PITCH.THIS COMPARED TO THE PBM5 TOOK AWAY THE REQUIREMENT TO 'SAIL' THE A/C TO A BOUY NEAR THE BASE OF A RAMP WHERE FLOATABLE SIDE MOUNTS WERE MANUALLY PUSHED INTO PLACE SO THE A/C COULD BE TOWED UP THE RAMP. THE 'A' WAS WATER TAXIED UP THE RAMP AFTER JUST EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.THEN YOU COULD BACK INTO YOUR PARKING SPOT.THERE ARE FEW IF ANY PBM PILOTS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN OR HAVE TO MAKE A PASS OR TWO AT THE BOUY IN STRONG UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS.FOR THE BEST ACCOUNTS TALK TO ANYONE ASSIGNED TO THE BEACHCREW..TNT 07/14/2010 @ 17:34 [ref: 27141] |
| Dr. Arthur T. Gronet Tucson, AZ | I was surprised and utterly delighted to see the PBM 5-A in which I flew in during 1949. This plane is on exhibit at the Pima Air Museum outside of Tucson, AZ.
1949 was the same year that all the PBM aircraft assigned to VP-33 at Breezy Point, Virginia were decommissioned and sent off to other duty stations. When the aircraft I saw at the Pima Air Museum was sent from Breezy Point, VA. to NAS Yuma, AZ. I was assigned to another duty station in Rhode Island. The aircraft on exhibit appears to be the same one in which I flew and I assume it was transferred from NAS Yuma to Tucson for exhibit at the Air Museum. I wished very much to go aboard this ship but the interior was not open for touring. I would love to be able to tour her and relive a few moments of my past. Art Gronet 04/20/2010 @ 11:47 [ref: 26044] |
| Phill Baumgardner Jacksonville, FL | My Dad, Jesse W. Baumgardner, was a Navigator in U.S. Navy squadron VPB-19, flying PBM's, in 1944/45 in the Pacific Theater. The squadron was formed at NAS Alameda (CA) beginning in about April, 1944. (My Primary Care Doctor for 40 years, Albert D. Rood, M.D., was a PBM Pilot in VPB-25. He went to Med school after WWII.) My Dad died in 2001. His sqaudron had annual reunions for many years. I have lost contact with all but one of Dad's old squadron mates. I have seen almost no info on the PBM over the years, even on the TV show "Great Planes" on the Military (cable) Channel. 02/22/2010 @ 15:56 [ref: 25770] |
| David Wallace Brunswick, ME | My dad served in the Navy as a radioman/gunner on a PBM crew which operated out of Panama 44-45. He told me that it had the nickname of the flying coffin. 01/21/2010 @ 05:32 [ref: 25608] |
| Lou Sapienza Seattle, WA | Hi all! I'd like you all to know that at the request of the surviving families we are in the planning stages to recover the remains of the 3 men of the George 1 PBM-5 Antarctic crash back in 1946. We're working directly with the Pentagon CNP and JPAC. For more info: www.navyflyers.com
Thanks! Lou Sapienza Executive Director/Expedition Lead The George 1 Antarctic Recovery Project 01/21/2009 @ 16:34 [ref: 23528] |
| Bruce Barth Austin, TX | The restoration of the Martin PBM-5A in Tucson was undertaken by the Mariner/Marlin Association and completed with the help of the Naval Historical Center. The Pima Air & Space Museum played no role in the preservation or restoration of this aircraft. Additional information can be found at www.vpmma.org 11/23/2008 @ 13:38 [ref: 23128] |
| David Sexton , CA | It would appear that the Pima Air Museum has done an excellent job of exterior restoration on their Martin mariner since this info came out. Pictures of it can be found here:
http://www.seawings.co.uk/marinerpage.htm 10/16/2008 @ 13:25 [ref: 22868] |
| Don Hoover Rome City, IN | I flew as flight mech on a PBM-5A At Sangley Point in the Philippines during 1952-53. We hauled mail and passengers between Sangley Pt., Clark AFB, and Subic Bay before the airfield, Qubi Pt, was built. 02/08/2008 @ 08:57 [ref: 19608] |
| Geoff White Perth, OTH | My father flew Martin Mariners out of Cairns in Queensland, Australia during WWII. He was a co-pilot doing the run through to Port Moresby in Papua-New Guinea.
He\\\'d love to hear from anyone out there who was involved in the RAAF with Mariners 12/07/2006 @ 02:24 [ref: 14939] |
| Richard Gabeler The Hague, CA | Dear enthusiasts, I've just added 11 pictures of Dutch MLD PBM5A's. My father Nico Gabeler died in a PBM5A crash on 10/06/59 in Goa (India) with the MLD Sqn P-306.
In total 5 of the 36 USA Navy purchased PBM5A's crashed and after the final crash in December 1959 the PBMA5's were scrapped.Here in Holland we now have a society the Martin Mariner Reunion Commission for remembering those 32 crewmembers who lost their lives in these crashes. All information on the crashes can be found in the book "The fighting Flying Boat"by Richard Hoffman. 10/15/2006 @ 05:01 [ref: 14460] |
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